Last week I had a great opportunity to hop on a cruise and spend a few days in the Bahamas with my family and with some internet marketing experts.  Below is a picture of me (second from the left) with Chris Wise, Joel Bauer, Tom Ham, and Brad Fallon.  So, if you’re not familiar with these people, Chris Wise, is an expert at helping small businesses get lines of credit to fund their businesses – even in today’s economy.  Joel Bauer is a world-renowned entertainer and speaker as well as a speaker trainer.  Tom Ham is the Chief Marketing Officer for Stompernet – one of the top internet marketing companies in the world.  And Brad Fallon is the founder of Stompernet and a true internet marketing/SEO genius as well as an all-around great guy.

I spent 4 days listening to these guys speak and I learned a ton, things that I’ll be able to use for the rest of my life.  The point of this post is to urge you to ask yourself if you’re surrounding yourself with the right people.  If you’re not constantly talking to and working with people that are smarter than you and better than you in different areas of your business (marketing, finance, lighting, post-processing, etc), then how are you ever going to get better.

Make a list today of the people you want to work with.  Post that list at your desk.  Work every day to make the connections you need to make to get to those people and form relationships with them.  It’ll pay off in leaps and bounds.

Oh, and here’s a picture of my two older boys in Key West:

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